Great Han Empire

Chapter 574: Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Dangerous
Yang Hong accompanied Gongsundu to rest in another courtyard.

Yuan Shu, Li Ye and the others carefully read the letter written by Hussar General Li Hong.In this letter, Li Hong explained in detail his views on the current Gyeonggi crisis, and proposed a check and balance strategy and the benefits of the check and balance strategy for temporarily stabilizing the country.Li Hong said, if Brother Gong agrees to check and balance, and is willing to join forces to put down the rebellion, I will do my best to help Brother Gong eradicate traitors and revenge, so as to bring chaos to the society and realize the unfulfilled wish of the Tai Tuo.

Yuan Shu smiled at Li Ye and the others: "How is it? The Hushi General didn't mention Luoyang in the book, and his intention is very obvious. He won't let us go to Luoyang to gather troops to attack Dong Zhuo."

"Only in this way, the situation is very unfavorable to us." Xun Zheng said, "Although your lord can gain unrivaled merits for temporarily quelling the crisis in Gyeonggi with the strategy of checks and balances, you can also gain righteousness for sending troops to suppress the rebellion and temporarily resolve the crisis of the country. , but your lord and other states and counties need to send troops to Yanqing and Xu Sandi to counter the rebellion. Countering the rebellion takes time and consumes a lot of money and troops, but Dong Zhuo and Li Hong can take this opportunity to get enough breathing time to recover. Once They healed their wounds, and we..."

"Li Hong's statement is correct, and you are worrying too much." Yuan Shu said, "Because of Li Hong's obstruction, we are now unable to attack Luoyang. If the ant thief rebellion in Yanqing, Qingzhou and Xu Sanzhou cannot be quelled in time, it will spread and become a disaster for the country. , then we will face an existential crisis, and everyone will have to spend more effort to suppress the rebellion, and the result will be disastrous. We will be scarred and weakened, not only unable to attack Dong Zhuo, but even more likely to be eradicated by Dong Zhuo. "

"Now we agree to Li Hong's check and balance strategy and take the initiative to join forces with him to suppress the rebellion. The result will be very different. With the participation of the northern Xinjiang army, it will be much faster and easier to suppress the rebellion. We can also rely on Li Hong's If we support him and get what he wants, Li Hong can also regain his vitality because of our help. After the counter-insurgency is over, will Li Hong continue to share weal and woe with us to stabilize the country, or will he join hands with Dong Zhuo to disrupt the government? Obviously, Li Hong will choose the former. If Li Hong wants to join forces with Dong Zhuo, why bother to spend so much effort? Wouldn’t it be enough for him to take Jizhou and Nanyang directly?”

Li Ye, Xun Zheng, Yan Xiang and others think about it. Although Li Hong's main purpose in doing this is to stabilize his own northern border, for all parties involved in the dispute, especially for the precarious community, it is not beneficial to Disadvantages?Yuan Shu and the others discussed for a long time, weighed the pros and cons repeatedly, and finally made up their minds.

Yan Xiang immediately went to ask Gongsun Du to discuss the matter.

Looking at the back of Yan Xiang leaving in a hurry, Li Yechang sighed: "If we do this, where will the emperor and the court be?"

Yuan Shu sneered and said, "What is the emperor these days? Look at Dong Zhuo and Li Hong, the two most powerful ministers of my great man. Who cares about the emperor and the court? The imperial power despises Tianwei, these two people can do whatever they want, they can do whatever they want, and they have long been lawless. The emperor is just a decoration now, and the imperial court is just an empty shelf. In the future..." Yuan Shu chuckled a few times, "In the future, only the two Only when people are killed can I, a big man, have hope of recovery."

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Yuan Shu said to Gongsun Du, I will re-draft the proclamation, and tell the world the strategy of checks and balances and rebellion, so that I can quickly join forces with the Hushi General to try to calm the crisis in the capital in the shortest possible time, fight against the ant thief rebellion, and stabilize the country.Then Yuan Shu smiled and said, since I have agreed to the suggestion of General Hushi, can Lord Xu also withdraw from Yangdi City and let Sun Jian return safely?
Gongsun Du said that after General Hussars and General Longxiang received your reply, Yangdi City would of course be returned to you, and Sun Jian would return to Luyang safe and sound, but shouldn't your lord also make some gestures?
Yuan Shu nodded and said: "If you retreat to the pass, I will withdraw the troops, and then I will wait for news from the General Hussars in Nanyang. As long as the Generals Hussars asks, I will immediately send someone to Luoyang to discuss with you the specific strategies for checks and balances and rebellion .”

"What about grain?" Gongsun Du asked, "Can we buy grain in places like Yuzhou and Jingzhou?"

"General Hussars can do it, but Dong Zhuo can't." Yuan Shu said, "If you give grain to Dong Zhuo, I will block off all the main roads immediately. I will never let Dong Zhuo get a grain of grain."

The next day, Gongsun Du took Yuan Shu's reply and left.

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Taichang Ma Rixun (di), the imperial conciliator, Huangfusong and Shang Shuling Ding Gong, the censor Zhongcheng, also arrived in Nanyang Wancheng at this moment.

Yuan Shu did not go out of the city to pick them up, but ordered Li Ye to ask first, what are they doing here?If they were appointed by Dong Zhuo to negotiate peace, then it would be waived and told them to go back to Chang'an immediately.If it is ordered by the emperor, I will pick it up.

Huangfusong said to Li Ye, you go and tell Master Yuan that we were ordered by the emperor and have nothing to do with Dong Zhuo.

After entering the city, Yuan Shu knelt down and received the order.Shang Shu Ling Ding Gong hadn't read a few words, Yuan Shu jumped up, "Peace? What kind of pleading? Am I a big man rebelling? I'm an ant thief who is wreaking havoc on the country? This is not the imperial decree of the emperor, it is clearly Dong Zhuo's." Corrective edict. I do not accept this edict."

Ma Rixun scolded angrily: "Yuan Shu, how dare you disobey the imperial decree, do you still have the Son of Heaven in your eyes?"

Yuan Shu sneered and said: "My Yuan family has been loyal for generations, loyal to the emperor, loyal to the big man, but I am not loyal to the traitor, not loyal to Dong Zhuo. Today the emperor is threatened by the traitor, the government is controlled by the traitor, and my Yuan family has been brutally betrayed by the traitor." Killing, how can I accept the edict of this traitor and obey the orders of this traitor?" Yuan Shu turned and pointed at Yang Hong and said, "Read the proclamation to the adults."

Ma Rixun, Huangfusong and Ding Gong were surprised and delighted after hearing Yuan Shu's call to action.Surprisingly, General Hussars was one step faster. Not only did he succeed in persuading Yuan Shu, but he also trampled the emperor and the law to the very end, and the great man was in danger.The good news is that the purpose of this trip has been achieved. Not only did Yuan Shu stop attacking Luoyang, but he also went with Li Hong to conquer the ant thieves. The Gyeonggi crisis was temporarily resolved in half.

"I, Yuan Shu, swear to the heavens today. I respect the present, and I am willing to smash my body to pieces for the great Han society." Yuan Shu pointed to the sky and said righteously, "When I put down the chaos of the ant thief, I will fight with the general Hushi Join hands to attack the west, eradicate the traitors, and welcome the emperor back to Beijing to rule."

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Yuan Shu resolutely refused to accept the edict of appeasement, but he accepted the imperial edict from the emperor.

Now he is justified in the future as a general and concurrently as the prefect of Nanyang. He also became the Marquis of Yangdi (zhai), with two thousand households in the city.Sun Jian received the imperial decree of being the general of Polu, and he also worshiped on Sun Jian's behalf.

At this time, for Ma Rizun and the other three, it doesn't matter whether Yuan Shu is willing to be appeased or not. The important thing is to persuade him to accept the internal check and balance method proposed by Huangfusong, so as to completely resolve the crisis in Gyeonggi and let the emperor return to the capital as soon as possible. Take charge of the government, revive the court, and save the great Han society that is about to collapse.

The three were Yuan Shu's elders, and they were also well-known important ministers of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Shu had to pay attention to their suggestions, but he couldn't bear to be a minister with Dong Zhuo.This is not only because Dong Zhuo killed more than 50 members of Yuan Wei and Yuan's family, but more importantly, it involves righteousness.If you shake hands with Dong Zhuo and make peace, what is the explanation for the Sangong Calligraphy?How to explain Dong Xiwen?How to explain the well-known imperial edict?Why will the Yuan faction gain a foothold between the government and the opposition in the future?
"If Dong Zhuo is not punished, I will never return to the court." Yuan Shu said very resolutely, "This point, please three adults must understand. Now Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou are rampant with ants and thieves, and the country is in turmoil. Putting down riots is far more important than eradicating traitors, so I I don’t want to fight Luoyang anymore, I want to put aside the matter of begging for Dong for the time being, and go to Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou with the Hushi General to put down the rebellion. When the rebellion is put down, I will resolve Dong Zhuo’s matter with the Hushi General.”

Food needs to be eaten bite by bite, and things need to be done one by one. The three of them, Ma Rixun, Huangfusong, and Ding Gong, have experienced the government for a long time, and know that it is not appropriate to persuade them at this time.Now, as long as Yuan Shu can understand the attitude of the gentry bureaucrats in the Chang'an court towards resolving the Gyeonggi crisis, and as long as Dong Dajun can temporarily transfer and put aside the intensified conflict within the court, and instead concentrate on suppressing the rebellion, this matter will eventually fade away with time. The gradual continuation of the situation and the ever-changing situation lead to an unpredictable turning point.No matter whether you are a scholar of the Han Dynasty or a warrior, no one wants to destroy the community that they depend on for survival.For example, now, when the ant thief disaster in Qingzhou endangers the safety of the great man, the warriors and scholars who were fighting each other immediately gave up the fight. This is just like the traitors and party members in those days. The enmity between the two people, the top and bottom, worked together to kill the huge threat that endangered their own survival.

The turning point to save the big man will inevitably come with the pacification of the ant thief in Qingzhou.

Ma Rixun said: "Since you keep saying that you respect the emperor and are loyal to the emperor, the emperor wants you to send taxes to Dasinong's mansion, are you willing?"

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "Of course I am willing, but I can't get it now. Since December last year, I have raised troops to challenge Dong. It has been five months now. How much money do you think I will spend? Also, I Immediately we will rectify the army and go to Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou to suppress the rebellion. My army, Lord Sun Jian's army, Yuzhou's army, and the army of Lord Xu Rong in northern Xinjiang, tens of thousands of troops need food and supplies. How much food do you think I will prepare? ? Ask the three adults to return to your majesty, the minister is indeed powerless."

Ma Rixun shook his head and smiled wryly, "Well then, you don't need to block the road leading to Wuguan, you just get out of the way, so that the rich and powerful in Guanzhong can come to Nanyang to buy grain, okay?"

Facing the aggressive gazes of Ma Rixun and the others, Yuan Shu hesitated for a long time, "You know, Yuan Shao has been arguing fiercely with me recently about the inheritance of the Patriarch..."

"Okay, I'll solve it for you." Ma Rixun said in a huff, "Master Huangfu and I will stay here and lobby for you. Master Ding will return to Beijing immediately with your memorial and your proclamation to the world. Ask His Majesty for a reward edict, so that you should be sure of succeeding as Patriarch, right?"

Yuan Shu smiled slightly, "As soon as the emperor's decree arrives, I will immediately give way."

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At the end of April, Jinyang, Longshan Hussar General's Mansion.

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Because the princess insisted on staying in Longshan, and Li Hong was unwilling to move to Jinyang City, the Longshan camp was very lively for a while.There is a military camp in the camp, there is the mansion of the general Hushi, and there is the mansion of Princess Changping. There is also a military market that has gradually formed a scale near the camp.There are many people, noisy, and safety cannot be guaranteed.For this reason, Zhang Fan and Xing Yong from the Changping Princess Mansion, Zhu Mu from the General Hussar's Mansion asked Li Hong several times to move the Princess Mansion and the General Hussar's Mansion out of the camp, and move them to a quiet valley at the eastern foot of Longdong. inside.That valley is five miles away from Longshan Daying Camp, and a little closer to Jinyang City.After Li Hong went to the field to have a look, he agreed.In any case, it is against the law to arrange the princess and the female family members of the mansion to live in the military camp.

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The imperial decree of the emperor was sent to the mansion of the general Hushi.The emperor worshiped Li Hong as the general of hussars to lead the military.

The generals of this dynasty have always been held by foreign relatives. Li Hong is not a foreign relative, so according to the law, he can only take part-time job.Now that the emperor is young and Dong Zhuo is in charge, worshiping Li Hong as the acting general is obviously Dong Zhuo's desire to win over Li Hong, which has nothing to do with the emperor's favor.The general was in charge of the conquest, so the emperor specially decreed, considering the current situation of the great Han, ordered Li Hong to take charge of the military affairs of the seven states of Sili, Bing, You, Ji, Yan, Qing, and Xu, and quickly quell the crisis in the capital and the ant thief rebellion.

Li Hong was very annoyed after receiving the imperial decree, and his face was very ugly.After hearing the news, all the prefectures in Jinyang came to congratulate them one after another. Li Hong ordered the sacrificial front to block the fight, but none of them disappeared.

During this time, the princess repeatedly urged Li Hong to lead the army to the south to suppress the rebellion, but Li Hong politely refused all of them on the grounds of spring plowing.

At the same time, Princess Changping is also under tremendous pressure from all parties in northern Xinjiang who oppose sending troops.The officials of the northern Xinjiang government wrote to the princess one after another, criticizing the remarks of abandoning northern Xinjiang, thinking that this is a plan to subjugate the country and it is absolutely unfeasible.Wang Rou and Linghu Shao also brought many powerful families in Jinyang to present gifts to the princess, begging the princess to proceed from the status quo in northern Xinjiang and never listen to the greedy words of the villain.Once the army guarding the border outside the Great Wall goes south, losing the desert is a trivial matter, but the rebellion of the Hu people is a major event.The students of Jinyang University Hall and many Confucian scholars in Jinyang wrote a letter to the princess regarding Yuan Shao's "inheritance edict", thinking that Yuan Shao not only begged Dong, but also wanted to depose the current emperor. In this way, what is the difference between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo? ?Once the Hussar General helped Yuan Shao kill Dong Zhuo, what would happen today?The young princess was at a loss and was at a loss as to what to do.

Li Hong just blocked the princess's invitation here, and the emperor came with such an imperial decree, isn't it just looking for trouble?

In Dong Zhuo's letter to Li Hong, he explained that due to the failure to appease Han Sui and Ma Teng, the rebels from western Xinjiang swarmed in, and the armies of Huangfu Hong and Dong Yue had to fight.At present, I really can't afford to look eastward. I can only leave these headaches to you. I will settle the matter in Xijiang first.

Li Hong was very worried.There has been no response to the peace talks with Yuan Shu.Yuan Shao was very stubborn, and Zheng Yan's lobbying did not achieve the slightest effect.There is still no solution to the Gyeonggi crisis, so where is the time to take into account the rebellion in Yanqing and Xu Sanzhou?Now Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, asked for help, Jizhou Mu Hanfu asked for help, and Zhu Jun urged the army to quickly go south to attack Chang'an.

Xuzhou was attacked fiercely by the ant thief leaders Sima Ju, Xu and an army of 30. Donghai County, Langye County and Pengcheng County were all in a hurry.Tao Qian went to the doctor in an emergency and asked for help everywhere.Li Hong is the most powerful force in the Han Kingdom, and Li Hong has a friendship with himself in Xijiang. Although it is said that the distant water cannot save the thirsty near, but it is better to have hope than no hope.Tao Qian said in the letter that for the sake of the millions of innocent people in Xuzhou, I implore the adults to come to help quickly, even three thousand cavalry will do.

Hanoi County and Wei County in Jizhou were attacked more and more fiercely by the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army.The road connecting the two places has become the focus of competition between the two sides.Yuan Shao and Han Fu opened up the Chi Dao several times, but each time they were quickly cut off by the Yellow Turban Army.Yuan Shao's military supplies became more and more tense, and more and more troops were invested in the eastern part of Hanoi. However, Han Fu was unable to concentrate his troops to cooperate with Yuan Shao because other parts of Wei County were captured by the Yellow Turban Army at the same time. As a result, the situation became more and more serious. Oops.In desperation, Han Fu had no choice but to ask Li Hong for help, hoping that Li Hong would dispatch Qu Yi's army as quickly as possible to help encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army in Heishan.Han Fu believed that the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro seemed to have an attempt to cross the Yellow River and join the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou.Once the two ant thieves merge into one, Jizhou will be hit hard.

At this time, Zhu Jun ignored the refugee riots in Yanqing, Xu Sanzhou, and repeatedly persuaded Li Hong to give up checks and balances and quickly captured Guanzhong.Zhu Jun believed that as long as Li Hong raised his army, Dong Zhuo would flee to the western frontier, and the emperor could be saved and the country would be prosperous.

To send troops, you must send your own troops, but the spring plowing in northern Xinjiang has not yet been completed, the disaster victims outside the Great Wall still need relief, and Jizhou and Zhou still need to garrison fields. How can I have money and food to fight?Now Xu Rong and Yang Feng's [-] troops have completely cut off their food and pay, and it is all up to them to solve it by themselves.

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Shang Shulang, who came to issue the decree, did not dare to stay, and continued northward to Youzhou with the imperial decree that the emperor worshiped Liu Yu as the Taifu. At the same time, Liu He, Liu Yu's son, rushed from Youzhou to Jinyang.

Accompanied by Mr. Zhao Qi personally, Liu He rushed to this valley called Longquan.

Liu He's identity at this time was the censor of the Da Sima Mansion (the censors of the various mansions of the Shangqing in this dynasty were mainly involved in impeaching illegally or envoys to perform designated tasks).After he was removed from the post of Weiwei, he has been accompanying the princess as a member of the princess's mansion.This time when he arrived in Youzhou, Liu Yu arranged for him to work in his Da Sima Mansion.

Seeing the dusty Liu He and hearing Liu He's first words, the smile on Li Hong's face was uglier than crying.

"Liaodong Karasuma rebelled."

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